Monday, November 16, 2009

END OF AN ERA

For the Leather Stocking Cluster in upstat4e New York, it literally was the end of an era. After 40 years in the business dog show superintendent Eileen McNulty has retired. Sunday’s Del-Otse-Nango Kennel Club show in Syracuse NY was the last event produced by the east coast institution.

CH Sporting Field`s Bahama Sands

The Whippet, CH Sporting Field`s Bahama Sands, ran her all breed BIS total to ten winning both Friday’s North Country’s Kennel Club show and Saturday’s Chenango Valley Kennel Club event. On Friday, Tawny was accompanied in Richard Beauchamp’s final by the Flat-Coated Retriever, CH Light-Foot`s Sugar On Snow, the Bernese Mountain Dog, CH Trevi`s Lonestar, the Irish Terrier, CH Fleet St Fenway Fan, the Brussels Griffon, CH Jo-Li`s I`m A Tease, the Dalmatian, CH Bret D Gabriel`s Lost Art, and the Puli, CH Cordmaker Foeld Of Dreams.

Sunday, everybody was back except the Setter and the Pyrenees to see Jacqueline Stacy. The two newcomers were the Golden Retriever, CH Tempo`s U`ve Got What Get`s Me and the Rottweiler, CH Ecko Ridges American Justice Vvonwilhelms. Her BIS was the nation’s number three dog, the Puli, Conrad. It was his second BIS of the weekend.

NUMBER EIGHT

NUMBER NINE

NUMBER TEN

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The author has been attending dog shows as a spectator and exhibitor for over 45 years. He is a retired management consultant who has advised multiple organizations affiliated with the AKC and the Cat Fanciers Association on business management, long range planning, customer service, and legislative matters. After 25 years of living in the big cities of New York, San Francisco, and Washington, DC, he now resides in his hometown of Memphis, TN.

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